Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 996, John Earle, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Earle, John.
5.996
carded
CONTENTS

229.53
Van Sensay John Carle
of Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Ward of the Regt. commanded by Col. Day in the New Jersey line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 10th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Service from the 10th day of Dec. 1830 and also Hon. S. Condict present
Arrears to the 1st of April '32 $ 200 Present allowance ending March '34 40
$ 240
Revolutionary Claim, Report June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. (Stiles) Clerk, Book C Vol. B Page 110.

New-Jersey. Bergen County.
John Earle's Application for Militia a Pension. Service
1804

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
I, late of University of County of Wayne, Pa. On this 31 st day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Superior Court, Common Pleas of the county of Wayne now sitting, to be sworn a resident of Middle River Township in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, at the end his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and hereinafter stated.
That in the spring of the year 1814 it was that he was regularly enlisted in the service of the United States for the term of one year under Captain Peter Warner, who he thinks must have belonged to the State Troops. Lieutenant Catherine Callahan belonged to the same company. That he served out the period of his enlistment and there enrolled himself as a volunteer and continued to do duty in the same company until the expiration of another year when he was honorably discharged by Captain Callahan, which discharge is now lost. He was stationed at Mackinack the principal of the time. Colonel James Day, Major Richard Day, M c Donald & Gochies were the General Field Officers commanding there at the time.
That he was subsequently at Fort Sable on the St. Lawrence River, Wayne Point, Paul's Creek, near the mouth of Belleville, and other places doing duty during the period of his enlistment & voluntary service. That he was also in an engagement with the enemy.

at Fort Lee he was once in an engagement with the enemy at Brandywine and is also in an engagement at Red Bank & Red Bank at Red Bank in the Battle of Red Bank. That he was present at the Battle of Red Bank at Red Bank in the Battle of Red Bank may not be certain. But it must have been about one year before the time of his enlistment.
That the several officers commanding the army during which he served were as follows: Genl. Washington, Genl. Lee, Genl. Howe, Genl. Clinton, Genl. Burgoyne, Genl. Haldimand, Genl. Gage, Genl. Sullivan, Genl. Gates, Genl. Greene, Genl. M'Arthur, Genl. M'Clure, Genl. M'Clure, Genl. M'Clure. That he thinks he was in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War in all not less than two years and six months.
He very reluctantly every claim whatever for a pension or annuity except the present one declared that his name is not in the Pension Roll of the General Land Office.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of March 1818. J. B. Westervelt (Clerk) John F. Buel (Notary Public)
We John Doyen a clergyman residing in the Township of Livingston and Andrew D. Hopkins a resident in Middlesex County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Buel who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be seventy years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides. He has been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
John Doyen Andrew D. Hopkins Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of March 1818. J. B. Westervelt (Clerk) John F. Buel (Notary Public)

It is to certify that the undersigned John Earl and his wife Mary Earl do hereby certify that the said John Earl was at the time of his enlistment in the year 1861 and 1862 and that he was a soldier under Captain Peter Ward and that he served during the whole of the above stated term -
John Earl
Second and last part of the above is to certify that the said John Earl was at the time of his enlistment in the year 1861 and 1862 and that he was a soldier under Captain Peter Ward and that he served during the whole of the above stated term -
I, Abigail ... resident of ... Pompton Township am well acquainted with John Earl and that he was a soldier under Capt Peter Ward in the year 1861 and 1862 and served his full term of one year

I, Abraham Forster, a resident of the township of ... in the county of ... do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John Earl who is now receiv- ing a pension ... in the year 1832 ... he ... was ... in the year 1830 ... that I am certain that he ... the full term of his service ... year — Given under my hand this 31st day of October 1832 in open court — H. Westervelt Rk
his Abraham Forster Mark
State of New Jersey County of ... I, Abraham Forster, clerk of the ... court of ... do hereby certify that "Penguin ... before whom the ... of taking the ... is a true and correct copy of the original ... That I am acquainted with the hand writing of ... and that the signature "Penguin ..." subscribed to the ... is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of October A.D. 1832. H. Westervelt

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Duryea who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the township of Sirington, and is a credible man, and that Andrew P. Hopper who has also signed the same is a resident in the township of Saddle River, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Belleville, N. J. Oct. 1832.
I, Abraham Westcott Clerk of the Superior Court of common Pleas in and for the county of Bergen Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Karl for a Pension.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this thirty first day of October A.D. 1832.
Abraham Westcott

State of New Jersey, ss. Bergen County Superior Court of Common Pleas at a special Term held the 27 th day of June 1833 at the Court House.
Personally appeared before me in open court this 27 th day of June 1833 John Earl an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832 and under oath made the annexed facts concerning his Revolutionary service by the court pursuant to the directions of the United States War Department.
To question 1. I was born at Hackensack in Bergen County New Jersey in the year 1758.
To Question 2. I have no record of my age in the family bible.
To Question 3. When I entered the service I resided at Hackensack I lived there about four years after the war when I removed into Lodi in Bergen County where I have resided ever since and still reside.
To Question 4. I entered the service by enlisting as a volunteer soldier.
To Question 5. The names of the principal regular officers in command at different times are Generals La Fayette & Clinton, Colonels Cummings, Douglass, Reed & Hadenburgh and of the militia colonels Lewis Dey, Majors Pierson, Dey, Troup, and Goetschius. The places where I served were at Fort Lee in the Hudson River, Palisades, Bergen Point, Newark, Belleville, Woodbridge, and Amboy. I was in engagements with the enemy at Fort Lee, Weehawken, Halken & Bergen Point. My service was all performed in the State Militia and volunteer companies.
To Question 6. I received a written discharge which is destroyed.
To Question 7. John Dey, Andrew P. Dey and Daniel Van Horn are are neighbors who can testify to my character for veracity and to their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
Sworn to, & subscribed in open court this day and year aforesaid. J. H. [unclear] Clerk
John Earl Earl mark

And the Court do thereupon truly declare that having this twenty seventh day of June a & eighteen hundred and thirty three put the Interrogatories prescribed by the court department to John Dais, the applicant, in open court, they were answered by him under oath in the manner above stated, to the satisfaction of the Court: and the Court further declare that Abraham Stevens & Daniel Van Horn the deponents who have made & signed the affidavits hereto attached are known to the Court, and that it appears to the Court that they are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Wm. Wetmore Clerk
I Abraham Wetmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed papers contain the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Dais for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27 th day of June A. D. 1833.
Wm. Wetmore Clerk
I Dais, John, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Dais, and am satisfied and believe him to be seventy four years of age - and I do further certify that I was personally present at the house of John Dais when the said John Dais who is now applying for a pension - was examined before me in the year 1830 under Captain John Van Brunt it was in the year 1830 - and I do further certify that the said John Dais served out the period of his enlistment which was one full year and that I was a fellow soldier belonging to the same company during the same period - and I do further certify that the said John Dais immediately after the expiration of his enlistment re-enlisted himself as a volunteer and continued to serve in the same company to the end of another year and was honorably discharged - and that I was a fellow soldier during the same company during the whole of the above stated term.
Isaac Van Horn
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Dais and that he is a man of good repute and is entitled to credit and relief, whose character is attested in the neighborhood where he now lives - this 21 st July 1833 - Deacon Leonard Lusk of the Peace

State of New Jersey Bergen County ss. John Earle of the township of Saddle River being duly sworn maketh oath and saith, that he is the same John Earle who made a declaration in open court before the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Bergen on the 31 st of October 1832 and on the 27 th day of June 1833. made in the same court and in writing under oath to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. Having since that time brought his recitation some additional facts with regard to his service and with some particularity more certain than the then collective terms, he begs leave to restate them and that they should be received as supplemental to his original declaration. He enlisted on the first of March 1861 with Captain Peter Loane. Soon for one year from the time of his enlistment he resided at Hackensack at the house of Nicholas Campbell the keeper; he commenced his service at the time of his enlistment and served one full year from that time without interruption in the capacity he received and fought for enlistment, he was in the continental line but understood at the time and has always since understood that it was a company raised by special authority of the State of New Jersey for the defense of their frontiers. He and his fellow soldiers believed himself for the same as the situation; The company consisted of between 40 and 50 men. They were not state or continental troops stationed near them they acted alone with reasonable success in alarms from the local militia; The commander of the company was Joseph Patterson and the only sergeant was Silvester Lewis; the company was quartered at Hackensack. He (the applicant) with one Henry Boates was quartered at the house of the Rev. Mr. King near Fort Lee near the site of the present court house, that Henry Boates was murdered just after the war, and the only man of his fellow soldiers now living that he knows of are Abraham Tuckerman, Daniel Van Horn of Paterson, San Luis, and Silvester Lewis, who all served the full year with him in the same company. The business of the company was to guard the frontiers from the foraging marauders of the enemy who looted at New York; and they were frequently called out to Fort Lee Bergen. Between Rockaway and Bergen Point to meet foraging parties of the enemy and the tiny refugees who came out for plunder and prisoners; on their return they would sometimes lay on & fire their quarters two or three

days of our British headquarters were always at Hoboken, N.J. He recited in the summer of 1880 going from Hoboken Point with the company on an alarm and finally a British ship, was off the shore which fired on them and their cannon balls passed through the company.
Having served the full time until March 1881. He was then discharged by Capt. Ward and immediately volunteered again in the same service and in the same company in which he served the full term from March the month of March 1882. When he was discharged from service; the circumstances and nature of this second service was the same as he has detailed above of the first years service.
During this service he was not neglectful of any field officers taking command of the company in person or acting with them, but he always understood that the company was attached to the command of Colonel Day of New Jersey - but in what manner he was not sure.
Sworn to and subscribed this 3rd day of October 1883. Before me
John H. Earl Mark
Perquian Sandford Lodge
State of New Jersey County of Bergen ss; I, Abraham L. Rosewell Clerk of the County of Bergen and do hereby certify that Perquian Sandford L. before whom the forego- ing affidavit of John Earl was made and taken, was at the time of the taking of the same, and still is, one of the Judges of the said Court duly commissioned therefor and authorized to take the same - and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and only believe that his signature affixed to the Court of the said affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this tenth day of November A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty three A. L. Rosewell Clerk

No 2084 John Carl M.D.
Belmont Ave.
Camd )
L. Conditt, Print.
Atraham  Westmoreland Bergen County Court M.D.
John Carl M.D.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
16th May 1835
Sir,
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Carl Gergen (cont. W).
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Yrs. Months. Days.     Spring 1780 Enlisted 1 Pri. Capt Ward Col Forked W I Age 74 Tradition   Vol 1 " Ward Col Bergen Forked Tradition   Point N Y Several Betrayals   Hoboken   W. Hook   1779 3 " Capt   Notrecalled   In service not less than Six months  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Wm. Cook

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court or Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seat and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (f) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons, one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid, according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his services. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(1) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
(2) The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (1) applies to continental troops only.
(3) This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(4) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(5) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Handwritten signature: E. J. ...

Col. 217 14 00 West St. New Orleans La. March 1892.
INVALID.
File No. 996
John Earle, Miss N. J. Earle.
Act June 7/1892.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 108
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Jersey County of Bergen
ss:
I, Abraham Westervelt Clerk of the County of Bergen and Clerk of the inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Do hereby certify that Priscilla Sanford Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Deed of the above affidavit and also to the above Certificates was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the said Court and also a Justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly Commissioned and sworn and further that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and truly believe that his signature to said Deed & Certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this eighth day of July A. D. 1833.
Abraham Westervelt Clerk

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City of New York, State of New York to all whom it shall come to pass that my several days, that it is a matter of administration. At the time of the court, late, there was a case that Earl, which one was during the year 1750 with him as a captain or lieutenant. Captain P. T. Ward, Esq. was stationed at Savannah in the South, where he was accompanied, as was Capt. Ward, was the commanding officer of the Savannah at that time, and was related to the above Earl. Explanations - I don't recollect that Earl was a private in the war at the time mentioned. I don't know the order of his - that of Ward's company. I don't see Earl also and one must be with him in a private company. The Captain's name, he does not now recollect, but he has known Earl constantly since the Revolutionary war as Earl The above services were performed
Given under my hand this 23rd day of June 1833 in Open Court
Sylvester Haines
I John Barberic Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office.
John Barberic